Coaching legend Bobby Bowden dies at 91 | News, Sports, Jobs

Bobby Bowden, the folksy Corridor of Fame coach who constructed Florida State into an unprecedented faculty soccer dynasty, has died. He was 91.

Bobby’s son, Terry, confirmed to The Related Press that his father died at residence in Tallahassee, Florida, surrounded by household early this morning.

“It was actually peaceable,” Terry Bowden stated in a textual content message to AP.

Bobby Bowden introduced on July 21 he had a terminal sickness that Terry Bowden later stated was pancreatic most cancers. Bobby Bowden had been handled for prostate most cancers greater than a decade in the past.

“I’ve at all times tried to serve God’s goal for my life, on and off the sector, and I’m ready for what’s to return,” Bowden, a religious Christian, stated on the time. “My spouse, Ann, and our household have been life’s best blessing. I’m at peace.”

Bowden was beloved by Seminoles followers, revered by his friends and all through his life one of the vital accessible stars in faculty soccer. His residence quantity was listed within the Tallahassee cellphone e book for years.

With Southern attraction and wit, Bowden piled up 357 wins throughout his 40 years as a significant faculty coach, from tiny Samford — his alma mater, then often called Howard School — to West Virginia and eventually at Florida State, the place he went 315-98-4. The Seminoles had been a power throughout his 34 seasons as coach, profitable 12 Atlantic Coast Convention championships and nationwide titles in 1993 and 1999.

Throughout one stretch, from 1987 by way of 2000, his groups gained 10 video games and completed within the AP prime 5 14 straight occasions.

Bowden’s 357 major-college wins are second all-time to Joe Paterno’s 409 at Penn State.

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